Rotary fountain-brush.



A. M. RQLAND.V ROTARY FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

A-PPLIUATIOH FILED EEB. 27, 1914.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

A. M. ROLAND.

ROTARY FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

PPLIGATION FILED FEB. 27, 1914.

UNITED 4STATES PATENT orrren.

ARTHUR M. ROLAND, 4OIE SAN FRANGIS, CALIFOBNA, SBIG'NDR OF TWO-FIFTHS T0 ALPHONSE NEWHOUS, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, UMLIFORNIA.

maar roim'rnnaosn y Specinntion of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

Application med February 27, 1914. Serial No. 822,232.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. ROLAND,

i a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rotary Fountain-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fountain brushes wherein a source of water` supply is utilized for the purpose of rotating the brush land drawing a .portion of liquid soap from a soap chamber to be mixed with the water to he delivered to the brush, and the objects of my invention are first, to provide a fountain brush that rotates' second, to utilize a source of water supply for rotating the brush; third, to utilize the source of water supply for the purpose of. dra-Wing a portion of liquid soap from a soap chamber and thoroughly mixing it with the water before delivery to the brush; fourth, to provide means for regulating and preventing the supply oi liquid soap; fifth, to provide brushes of various shapes that may be detachably secured to the handle of t e brush ior washing various surfaces and corners; sixth, to rovide means for attaching a sponge or t e like to the device; and seventh, .to provide means whereby the source of water supply will tend to rotate the brush at two separate and distinct points. l accomplish these several features by means o the device disclosed in the drawings forming a part ofthe present specification wherein like characters oi reference are used to designate similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view in elevation of the rotary brush secured to the handle. is a longitudinal sectional view such as would appear ii the upper half of Fig. 1 were removed, disclosing the liquid soap chamber, the water delivery pipe arranged to direct a stream of water on the water wheel, the 'manner in which shaft is geared to the wheel, the spiral on the shaft and the brush detachably secured to the shaft. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line' X-X o Fig. 1 in the direction indicated hy the arrows. Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken sectional view disclosing themanner in which the rotating sleeve secured to the driving shaft and incloses the extended portion of the body of the device for the pur- Fig. 2

pose of preventing leakage, also the manner 1n which the brush is detachably secured to the rotating sleeve. This ligure also shows a brush different in shape from that disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a broken sectional view of an attachment Jfor holdin and rotating a sponge, the said sponge being indicated in dotted lines.

In washin automobiles and similar vehicles with a ountain brush the work may he accomplished with less labor and ina shorter space of time if the 'brush were constantly rotated thereby eliminating the labor of scrubbing. I propose a rotary fountain brush by means of the mechanism which may be described asfollows:

The numeral il is used to designate a hollow cylindrical handle of` the brush which is provided with the reduced cylindrical extension .0. having a flat circular portion 3 ifitegral therewith.' The 'handle 1 is also provided with the partition 4 which forms a soap chamber 5 within one end of the said handle 1. Through the approximate center of the handle 1 is a source oi water supply, termed, for the present, the delivery tube 6, having a suitable coupling 7 on the outer end thereof by means of which a hose or `other suitable water connection may be secured thereto. The tube (Sis also provided with an internal nozzle 9 turned in the direction of the flow of Water through the said tube 6. The nozzle 9 connects with the interior of the soap chamber 5 so that when the water is flowing through the tube 6 the suction or friction thus produced on the end of the nozzle 9 will cause a small portion of the liquid soap to be constantly drawnpfrom the said nozzle and mixed with the water in the said tube 6. The flow of the liquid soap may be regulated and controlled or even prevent-l ed entirely by means of the needle valve i0 which is threaded within the handle 1 and may be operated by means of the thumb nut i2. The screw cap 14 provides a means whereby access may be obtained to the interior of the soap chamber 5 for purposes of replenishment. The inner end o the tube 6 is curved so as to deliver a stream of water flowing therethrough, tangentially upon the buckets 17 of the wheel 16. Thewheel 16 is rotatably mounted within the dat circular' portion 3 of the extension or reduced por tionv i'. of lthe handle 1 and is provided with a bevel gear 18 secured ,within a recess 19,

the purpose 'f which recess will hereinafter be more fully described Al bevel gear 2() meshes with the bevel gear 18 and is secured to the shaft 21 which is rotatably mounted within the bearing 22 secured within the reduced extension or portion 2 of the handle 1. The extension 2 is provided with the tubular extension 4: upon which is rotatably mounted the sleeve 25 to the outer end of which is secured the shaft 2l'by means of the arms 24. The shaft 21 is also provided with the spiral 26 which is arranged to be operated by thel water after it has passed the wheel 16 and to tend to further rotate the shaft 21. The outer sleeve 25 has detachably secured thereto the tubular extension 27 having apertures 28 therein and suitable radial bristles 29. The cylindrical brush composed of the bristles 29 and the tube 27 may be detached from the sleeve 25 and the circular brush 30 may be secured to the said sleeve 25 in place thereof.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated an attachment 31 having a reduced portion 32 thereon and an extension 33. Spring wire hgers are secured to the reduced portion 32 by means of. the wire ring 38. The fingers 35 are rovided with the curved ends 36 and the nt portions 37. When the ring 39 is moved onto the reduced portion 32 and near the se-v curing ring 38 the spring` fingers 35 are free to separate, but by moving the ring 39 outwardly until the same enters the bent ortions 37 of the fingers 35 the ends 36 o the said fingers 35 are brought and held together so as to retain a sponge, chamois skin or similar. article for cleansing or rinsing.

-. `The operation is as follows: As the water travels throughv the tube 6 it continuously draws a' portionof liquid soap from the nozzle 9 vthe amount 'of soa thus drawn being regulated, asV -hereinbe ore described, by

f means of the'needle valve 10. As the stream of water is delivered to the buckets v17 of the wheel 16 the pressure of the said water rotatesthe saidwheel 16 and by means of the bevelgear's 18 and 20, the said wheel 16 in turn rotatesthe shaft 21 and the sleeve 25 secured thereto by means of the arm 24. The ,sleevejj 25 will of course, rotate any brush orattachment that may atv the time be secured thereto. As the water leaves the buckets 17 of the wheel 16 its only means of l egress is through the tubular'extension 4.

As the water passes through the said extension 4 a further rotative iniuence is imparted to the shaft 21 by means of the pressure of Water 'against the s iral 26. As the water emerges from the en of the spiral 26 it is delivered into the ytubular extension 27 and through the apertures 28 therein to the bristles or' brush 29, or to any brush or attachment that ma 'at the time, be secured to the lsleeve 25. If; at the time, the attachment 31 is secured to the sleeve 25 the water will be delivered through the extension 33 to the s onge, indicated in Fi 5 of the drawings y means of dotted lines. The wheel 16 is recessed as at 19 so as to provide clearance for the shaft 21 and thebearing 22 thereof, and thereby allow the same to lie closer to the ,edge of the wheel 16 and conseuently to the center of the handle 1. This or the purpose of providin a symmetrical device and for brin 'ng t e extension 4 nearer to the point o delivery of the water from the wheel 16.

It is obvious that when the rotating brush is held tightly to the surface of a body the friction ma ordinaril be greater than the rotative in uences of the water. To obviate this condition I have practically provided two water motors in the wheel 16 and the spiral 26. yIt is obvious that the water must first rotate the wheel 16 and after leaving the buckets 17 of the said wheel will be. required to pass through the extension 4 and by pressure against the s iral 26 therein again tend to rotate the sha 21 and any brush or attachment that may be secured thereto by means of the sleeve 25.

It is evident from the foregoing thatfI haveA provided a rotary fountain brush wherein the source of water supply will tend to rotate the said brush at two separate and distinct points,land wherein the `li uid soap will be thoroughly mixed with t e water during its progress from the nozzle 9 to the brush. It is also obvious that the flow of soap may be prevented or discontinued and fresh clean water for rinsing. purposes will be delivered within or to the rotating brush.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isv Y l 1. Ina rotary fountain brush, the combination of a hollow cylindrical handle having a soap chamber therein and a reduced portion with a circular portion integral therewith; a wheel havin suitable buckets rotatably mounted wit in the circular portion; a shaft rotatably mounted within the reduced portion of the handle and having a spiral secured thereto; suitable'bevel gears secured to the shaft and to the wheel; a suitable brush detachably'secured to the shaft; and a delivery tube within the handle adapted to deliver water to the buckets on the wheel and to the spiral on the shaft and thereby rotate the said shaft and to draw liquid soap from the chamber.

2. In a rotary fountain brush, the combination of a hollow cylindrical handle having a soap chamber therein and a reduced portion with a tubular extension thereto, and a circular portion integral therewith; a shaft rotatably mountedwithin the tubular extension and having a spiral secured thereto; a suitable wheel having buckets thereon and rotatably mounted wlthin the circular porlll tion of the reduced portion of the handle; suitable gears connecting the inner end of the shaft with the wheel; a suitable brush detachably secured to the shaft; a delivery tube within the handle arranged to deliver water onto the buckets ofthe wheel and to the spiral of the shaft for the purpose of rotating the said shaft; a suitable nozzle adapted to deliver liquid soap from the soap charnber in th-e handle to the delivery tube; and means for regulating the flow of liquid soap through the said nozzle.

3. In a rotary fountain brush, the combination of a hollow cylindrical handle having a soap chamber therein, a reduced portion with a fiat circular portion, and an eX- tension to the reduced portion; a sleeve rotatably mounted on the extension of the reduced portion; a tube having apertures therein and bristles secured thereto detachably secured to the sleeve; a shaft having a spiral thereon and secured at one end to the sleeve and the other end rotatably mounted within the reduced portion of the handle; a

wheel having buckets and rotatably mountwitnesses.

ARTHUR M. ROLAND. Witnesses:

KARL F. SCHULTz, JAMES MGCUE. 

